The whiplash Gov. Eliot Spitzer got last year when he tried to let illegal aliens obtain driver licenses is hardly a New York thing: More and more states that have allowed them are changing, or looking to change, the practice, USA Today reports. If the trend continues, it appears only Hawaii may allow undocumented immigrants to obtain licenses.

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